We list a concrete pump and a price in every home, in the event we don't use it (rarely) we give the client the credit back at the end.
You'll be hard pressed to find people who still do it with wheelbarrows due to Occ health and safety laws.
Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 21Aug 17, 2010 8:20 pm We list a concrete pump and a price in every home, in the event we don't use it (rarely) we give the client the credit back at the end. You'll be hard pressed to find people who still do it with wheelbarrows due to Occ health and safety laws. Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 22Aug 17, 2010 10:59 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 23Aug 17, 2010 11:37 pm onc_artisan :lol: I have to laugh. Most of our slabs are poured by hand. Steer clear if you want but we have a fair bit more control and we can place it with an 80 slump mix. Most of a slab can be poured by the shute(s)Access to front and side permitted. >0.1 per barrow 10 points per cubic mtr average slab 20 cu mtrs 2 or 3 barrows for a large pour. (1 barrow every 60 sec x 3 ) X (20 cu mtrs = 200 points) (200 / 3 = 66.6 per barrow loads each) So in a couple of hours it could be possible to discharge 20 cu mtrs. Though the granos need to be able to keep up. It takes about 40 mins to screed 5 cu mtrs per grano and achieve a good compaction ratio. Just remember all the slabs that were poured prior to 'pumps' that didn't crack?? Sorry guys but I don't always buy it. Onc laid our slab ... and it was a barrow job. Those guys worked like buggers! Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 24Aug 17, 2010 11:48 pm We did have really good access there K. Only a few cubic mtrs barrowed may be a few more Saves going to the gym . Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 25Aug 18, 2010 1:01 am I need to get planning the next lot!!!! Will lights in the portico floor pee you off? We just fancy that idea! My bloodykitchen is driving me MAD!!! Cant sort it out because everyting I get near to a solution some other bugger comes and stuffs my plans up ... now I wnat to shoot the aircon people! And maybe I should learn to do this concreting business ... I hate the gym but I fancy getting stuck in all that muck!!!! Can I help with the alfresco ... I will wag work! Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 26Aug 18, 2010 7:18 am Just something else to consider as to the cost, is your building allowing for 2 days for the pump to allow for extra footings (piers etc) to be poured? For us we had to pay extra for the boom pump for the second day, as they needed to pour our 36 piers one day then wait a few days whilst preparing for the main slab above. 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Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 30Aug 19, 2010 12:18 am onc_artisan :lol: yes you are on K, we have a shovel with your name on it (or soon will ) As soon as the props are out of the way (Suspended slab) we will be there to finish the polishing off. When should I expect the props to come off ... and wont the plasterers bugger up my floor if we polish it? Ooooh I hope I can have a turn at this .... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 31Aug 19, 2010 12:32 am Nup not after we have finished covering it It could 28 days after the slab is poured. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 32May 25, 2011 10:02 am How do you pour a slab using a wheelbarrow? Do you wheel it all over the formwork and reo, or can you put some timber board across the formwork (is formwork strong enough for that??) and then wheel only over the board, so you don't allow any contact between wheels and formwork ??? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 34May 25, 2011 10:17 am It all depends on budget It is preferable not to damage the mesh, but tipping a barrow once in each spot is not doing any damage. Forms are just to contain the concrete square, granos use laser levels to achieve a finished height... Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 36May 25, 2011 11:06 am we levitate the barrow you worry too much and question to widely to answer in less than 20 years Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 37May 25, 2011 11:17 am oh no onc ... don't give me the standard traders' "you worry too much" (aka therefore "we do this every day and you should not have asked anything in the first place ...") My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 38May 25, 2011 11:28 am Yep barrows seem to be a thing of the past. But nothing wrong with the method just labour in short supply. 3 barrows can move some concrete in quick enough time. Wheeling the barrow over the mesh and chairs and plastic no probs. Lay a few boards around the place becomes easier. Number of chairs makes a difference in that case. However cannot recall seeing or doing it on waffle pods. You would have to be careful where one puts the chairs. And some pods are not as strong as others. When using a pump use a water reducer. An Lex become a labourer for a day and most things would become self evident. Pulpo Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 39May 25, 2011 12:36 pm Thanks guys ... so, it's not possible to lay some old timber and then drive only on that ... the barrow will be driven over the actual mesh BTW, this won't be a waffle slab and it's only about 4x8m .... My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Do we need a concrete pump? 40May 25, 2011 1:58 pm So pump it and ~3.6 cu mtrs will cost you $1000 to move and less than $800 to buy. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... 18 90428 |